Background Human exposure to mercury leads to a variety of pathologies involving
numerous organ systems including the immune system. A paucity of epidemiological studies …

Sarcoidosis is a complex disease that belongs to the vast group of autoinflammatory
disorders, but the etiological mechanisms of which are not known. At the crosstalk of …

This paper discusses the legislative response to handling beryllium and its compounds as
well as the administrative regulations resulting from their classification as potential human …

The inhalation of beryllium and its compounds can cause the development of chronic
beryllium disease in susceptible individuals. This is caused by a distinct autoimmune …

Mercury exerts a variety of toxic effects, depending on the specific compound and route of
exposure. However, neurotoxicity in virtue of its consequence to health causes the greatest …

Beryllium has long been considered the most toxic non-radioactive element to humans.
However, it is shown that the acute toxicity of beryllium ions does not exceed that of other …

Beryllium (Be) is a relatively rare element and occurs naturally in the Earth's crust, in coal,
and in various minerals. Beryllium is used as an alloy with other metals in aerospace …

It has been demonstrated that metals can induce autoimmunity. However, few studies have
attempted to assess and elucidate the underlying mechanisms of action. Recent research …

The hexa-μ2-amido-tetraammine-tetraberyllium compounds [Be4 (NH2) 6 (NH3) 4] X2 (X=
Cl, Br, I, CN, SCN, N3) have been prepared from beryllium metal and NH4X or [Be (NH3) 4] …

Beryllium and its compounds are systemic toxicants that mainly accumulate in the lungs. As
a regulator of gene expression, microRNAs (miRNAs) were involved in some lung diseases …